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Jim Hightower quotes

American Activist January 11, 1943

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Well, I've been in the political arena all of my life, and 10 years of that as a candidate and elected official, and that's about enough. Jim Hightower
The good news, though, is that I find in my political travels that people, as regular citizens, are more interested than ever in getting together and having discussions. They want to hear about other viewpoints that differ entirely from what the administration is putting out. Jim Hightower
There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level - everything from living wage campaigns to efforts to finance our elections are having terrific success. Jim Hightower
What created democracy was Thomas Paine and Shays' Rebellion, the suffragists and the abolitionists and on down through the populists and the labor movement, including the Wobblies. Tough, in your face people... Mother Jones, Woody Guthrie... Martin Luther King and Caesar Chavez. And now it's down to us. Jim Hightower
Jim Hightower quote: "The Bible declares that on the sixth day God created man...."
The Bible declares that on the sixth day God created man. Right then and there, God should have demanded a damage deposit. Jim Hightower
But the good news is that out in the countryside, just about every place that's got a zip code has somebody or some group of people battling the economic and political exclusion that Wall Street and Washington are shoving down our throats. Jim Hightower
Populists have always been out to challenge the orthodoxy of the corporate order and to empower workaday Americans so they can control their own economic and political destinies. This approach distinguishes the movement from classic liberalism, which seeks to live in harmony with concentrated corporate power by trying to regulate excesses. Jim Hightower
So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the principles of democracy, especially including dissent, to be the most forceful in speaking up, standing up and speaking out. Jim Hightower
Democracy is not something that happens, you know, just at election time, and it's not something that happens just with one event. It's an ongoing building process. But it also ought to be a part of our culture, a part of our lives. Jim Hightower
Jim Hightower quote: "But, as my mother used to tell me, two wrongs don't make a..."
But, as my mother used to tell me, two wrongs don't make a right. But I soon figured out that three left turns do. Jim Hightower
Jim Hightower quote: "This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and..."
This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption. Jim Hightower
Jim Hightower quote: "Even a little dog can piss on a big building."
Even a little dog can piss on a big building. Jim Hightower
Jim Hightower quote: "Even the smallest dog can lift its leg on the tallest building."
Even the smallest dog can lift its leg on the tallest building. Jim Hightower
What's new is that the White House itself has now been corporatized. It's not politicians working for the corporate interests. They are the corporate interests. That's where Bush came from, and Cheney and Rumsfeld. Jim Hightower
Jim Hightower quote: "Do something. If it doesn't work, do something else. No idea..."
Do something. If it doesn't work, do something else. No idea is too crazy. Jim Hightower

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